Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda, MD

  • Mishawaka, IN
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1538146246PAC ID1759483092
Medicare services, 2024
6,485
Medicare patients, 2024
886
Part D claims, 2024
2,147
MIPS score, 2024
90
Industry payments
$16,757
Practice address
4330 Edison Lakes Pkwy, Mishawaka, IN 46545
Practice phone
Call (574) 269-2777
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Primary practice

Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location

Mishawaka, Indiana

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Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda is an ophthalmologist in Mishawaka, Indiana

Dr. Buikema Wiarda practices at Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location in Mishawaka, Indiana.

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's NPI, 1538146246, was assigned on December 23, 2005. Dr. Buikema Wiarda graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1995. Dr. Buikema Wiarda holds Indiana license 01047556A.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1759483092
NPI enumeration date
December 23, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(574) 269-2777
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda practices at Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location in Mishawaka, Indiana

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's primary practice is Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location, at 4330 Edison Lakes Pkwy, Mishawaka, IN 46545 in St Joseph County. The practice phone is (574) 269-2777.

  • Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location
    4330 Edison Lakes Pkwy, Mishawaka, IN 46545 · St Joseph CountyPhone(574) 269-2777

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's primary practice is Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location in Mishawaka, Indiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buikema Wiarda to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw LocationMishawaka, IndianaPrimary
1 group practice or clinicName with a free account1 medical groupName with a free account
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buikema Wiarda practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw LocationAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda is one of 226 ophthalmologists in Indiana

Ophthalmology is Dr. Buikema Wiarda's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Buikema Wiarda is licensed in Indiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, IndianaPrimaryLicense 01047556A · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Buikema Wiarda

Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

226ophthalmologists in Indiana
5ophthalmologists in Mishawaka

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda billed Medicare for 6,485 services in 2024

CMS data shows 6,485 Medicare services from Dr. Buikema Wiarda across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 886 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $894,252 for them.

Medicare services, 20246,485
Medicare patients886
Paid by Medicare$894,252
Procedure codes22

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 8082024: 3,003272%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,4342024: 1,4072%
Surgery
2023: 1,1702024: 1,05010%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9512024: 1,0056%
Imaging
2023: 222024: 209%

Where Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office5,82090%
  • In a facility66510%

Dr. Buikema Wiarda compared with the Indiana median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Buikema Wiarda
  • Indiana median
Medicare services
6,485vs 2,0223.2 times
Medicare patients
886vs 67531% above
Part D claims
2,047vs 7022.9 times

Medians across 240 ophthalmologists in Indiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda treated 886 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 886 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buikema Wiarda in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 384 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buikema Wiarda's median patient age at 74, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024886
Average age76
Average risk score1.10
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women52359%
  • Men36341%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol74%
  3. Arthritis41%
  4. Diabetes28%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. Chronic kidney disease20%
  7. Mood disorders19%
  8. Depression18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men41%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda wrote 2,147 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Buikema Wiarda wrote 2,147 Medicare Part D claims for 552 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,047 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $89,468 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,704 claims across 15 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,147
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$89,468
Part D patients552

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,592 claims74%
  • Brand-name555 claims26%

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,7042024: 2,04720%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 15 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Buikema Wiarda for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Buikema Wiarda accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 657 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Buikema Wiarda, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 91.4of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Buikema Wiarda ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
97th percentile657 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda received $16,757 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 211 general payments to Dr. Buikema Wiarda from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 82% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $11,476.

General payments to Dr. Buikema Wiarda by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Buikema Wiarda by kind, 2016 to 2025

$16.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$13,76682%
  • Travel and lodging$2,87117%
  • Gifts$1211%

Companies that paid Dr. Buikema Wiarda the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Dr. Buikema Wiarda graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolNorthwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's NPI number?

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's NPI number is 1538146246. It was assigned on December 23, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda?

Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda is an ophthalmologist in Mishawaka, Indiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda practice?

Dr. Buikema Wiarda practices at 4330 Edison Lakes Pkwy, Mishawaka, IN 46545. Dr. Buikema Wiarda's primary practice is Grossnickle Eye Surgery Center - Warsaw Location in Mishawaka, Indiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buikema Wiarda to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Buikema Wiarda is (574) 269-2777.

What is Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's medical license number?

Dr. Buikema Wiarda holds Indiana license 01047556A.

Does Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buikema Wiarda billed Medicare for 6,485 services in 2024, and Dr. Buikema Wiarda accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda's MIPS score?

Dr. Buikema Wiarda's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda see?

CMS counts 886 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buikema Wiarda in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Buikema Wiarda's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), injected or infused drug (J0177) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda go to medical school?

Dr. Buikema Wiarda graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1995.

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What drugs does Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Buikema Wiarda's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $16,757 in general payments to Dr. Buikema Wiarda from 18 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Ann K. Buikema Wiarda been practicing?

Dr. Buikema Wiarda graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

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